News for the Hospitality Executive |
BOSTON, MA –
AUGUST 30, 2011 –
The hotel room of today hardly resembles the hotel room of the 80’s or
even the
90’s. HD flat screen TV’s have replaced
CRTs, WiFi is ubiquitous, bandwidth is critical and in some instances
even
iPads have replaced printed Guest Services Directories. Some of
the challenges for hoteliers are not
only finding the right vendor to deliver these services, but also the
complexity of managing different vendors for each piece and the hassle
of the
technologies not working together. With
the industry’s broadest experience in in-room technology and
integration,
KoolConnect is solving this problem with their new “1Connect” concept
that
offers hotels the ability to source all of their in-room technology
needs from
one experienced vendor and to ensure that all of those systems properly
work
together.
Long known for their work in Video on Demand for luxury hotels like Mandarin Oriental, many hotels would be surprised to learn that KoolConnect also implemented the first media hubs, IP over legacy wiring, Electronic Programming Guides, single remote technology to control multiple devices and more. “KoolConnect practically invented digital interactive services in hospitality and quite frankly, we’ve always been the company hotels came to when they had a technical challenge,” said their CEO Dave Tahan. “So over the past 12 years, we’ve gained extraordinary expertise in IP networking, customized graphical user interfaces and systems integration and are in a unique position to provide hotels with all of the in-room technology they need in a truly integrated fashion,” he added. “1Connect” is essentially a suite of in-room solutions that hotels can select individually or as a complete package. These include:
Also beneficial to hotels are some of the economic benefits the “1Connect” model offers. Tahan noted that in addition to being able to offer attractive cost reductions when providing multiple solutions, KoolConnect also has some technical synergies that give them a price advantage. “With our iPad solution, for example, we repurpose much of the interactive TV content, so we can offer the iPad interface for the hotel at a fraction of what it would otherwise cost,” said Tahan. “It’s the same with TVs, we can add Pro:Idiom to our set-back box and allow the hotel to purchase non-Pro:Idiom TVs and still get HD content while savings hundreds per unit. We even can add a WiFi access point to our set-back box, adding or improving wireless coverage for just a few dollars per room,” he added. Hotels interested in learning more about KoolConnect’s suite of offerings are encouraged to visit www.koolconnect.com. ABOUT KOOLCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES KoolConnect
Technologies Inc. is the longest-running fully digital provider of
in-room
technology services to the hospitality industry. KoolConnect was
the first company to offer HD
VOD in the hospitality industry and has continued to innovate with
expanded
interactive TV, Electronic Programming Guides, Personal Video
Recording,
Network Services and more. Today, the
company’s solutions can be found in over 100 fine hotels in 15
countries
worldwide. To learn more about
KoolConnect, visit www.koolconnect.com.
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Contact: KoolConnect Michael DiLeva 215-519-6447 [email protected] |